Equality and Human Rights Commission

Some of the wheelchair spaces at Watford

May 24, 2018 0

Relegated Premier League clubs ‘should use part of “parachute” millions on access’

Some of the country’s top football clubs have been told by the equality watchdog to spend some of the millions of pounds they receive when promoted and relegated from the Premier League to improve access for disabled fans. The call to spend part of the “balloon” and “parachute” payments on disability access came in

Benefits and Poverty

Catherine Hale lies on a sofa as she works on her laptop

February 22, 2018 0

Benefit sanctions regime discriminates against disabled claimants, new research shows

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing claims that it has been running a discriminatory benefit sanctions regime, following the publication of new research. Academic Ben Baumberg Geiger has found that more than 900,000 disabled claimants of the mainstream out-of-work benefit jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) have been sanctioned since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition

Human Rights

Lord Holmes speaking to a parliamentary committee

November 3, 2016

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Activists welcome disability commissioner’s decision to leave EHRC

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Disabled activists have welcomed the decision of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner not to seek a second four-year term. The decision of Lord [Chris] Holmes was only revealed after the Department for Education (DfE), the sponsor department of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), advertised for “one or more” new commissioners. The advert

Crime

September 8, 2016

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Disability hate crime has fallen since 2007-2010, surprise new figures suggest

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Levels of disability hate crime in England and Wales have fallen in the years between 2007 and 2014, figures contained in a new report by the equality watchdog suggest. The publication is the latest in a series of follow-up reports carried out by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the wake of

Human Rights

May 12, 2016

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Isaac takes EHRC chair, despite concerns over DWP ‘outsourcing’ work

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The new chair of the equality watchdog has taken up his new post, despite question-marks over potential conflicts of interest arising from his legal firm’s work for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and other government departments. David Isaac took up the post of chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Activism and Campaigning

April 21, 2016

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Tory peer faces calls to quit as EHRC commissioner over support for WRAG cuts

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Disabled campaigners are calling for the resignation of the equality watchdog’s disability commissioner, the disabled Tory peer Lord [Chris] Holmes, after he voted in favour of disability benefit cuts when they had been condemned by his own organisation. The letter to Lord Holmes (pictured) at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been

Human Rights

Section of cover of EHRC consultation document

April 21, 2016

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Fresh staff cuts at EHRC ‘will undermine its vital work’

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The equality watchdog is set to make nearly 30 members of staff redundant, in what critics say is a blow to its efforts to enforce equality laws and hold the government to account over its record on disability discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) told staff on Tuesday this week (19 April)

Benefits and Poverty

April 14, 2016

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Fears over government links as equality watchdog launches welfare probe

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The equality watchdog is facing concerns over links between the government and two of its leading figures as it prepares to investigate whether Tory welfare reforms have breached the human rights of disabled people. Last week, Disability News Service (DNS) revealed that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was to examine the impact

Human Rights

April 7, 2016

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Equality watchdog to mirror UN inquiry into DWP’s rights violations

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The equality watchdog is to commission a major piece of research into whether the government’s welfare reforms have harmed the human rights of disabled people and other minority groups. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it wants to examine the impact of changes to the welfare system on independent living and poverty.

Human Rights

Tapestry featuring rights slogans such as Disabled People Fight Back and Nothing About Us Without Us

October 30, 2015

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Disability rights under attack: Rights ‘have regressed’ in last five years, says watchdog

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Disabled people’s rights have gone backwards over the last five years, according to a major review of equality and human rights in Britain. Following its five-yearly review of progress on social justice, the equality watchdog called on the government to pay “urgent attention” to areas where disabled people’s rights have regressed. The Equality and

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